I am optimistic about the re-opening of postcard shows in 2021.
I offer a shopping idea, as food for thought, when you get back to those show boxes. Why not try something new that may be interesting and educational? Shop
The New York Times reported on October 28, 1905, that three arrests had been made at a local stationery and novelty store by Anthony Comstock.
Comstock told the clerk that he wanted some postcards, “the best you’ve got.” She called
While in college at Athens, Georgia, during the 1970s, I toured Stone Mountain several times. It is an impressive bas relief sculpture depicting Confederates Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson astride their horses; Blackjack, Traveller, and Little Sorrel.
Stone Mountain has a complex
I asked fellow collector Bruce Nelson* to e-mail me copies of postcards from his collection that target the flu epidemic of 1918. The images as well as the messages were interesting when he described them to me over a phone call recently. (Electronic
Bob Toal
I remember the TV and magazine ads of the 1960s by Tareyton cigarettes picturing a smoker with a black eye touting, “Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!”
An example from a magazine ad is shown in Figure 1. Presumably this ad
Some great detective work by Postcard History readers has solved (?) a mystery surrounding an unusual modern
The postcards of Mount Rushmore tell a story that may not be well known.
The card here shows Mount Rushmore before and after Gutzon Borglum carved the four presidents – Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln. The mountain is named after a New York City lawyer
While searching through digital copies of the Inland Printer magazine on line for general printing information (Hathi Trust Digital Library), I came across an 1899 article [Volume 24, October 1899, page
The first time I encountered Dan Friedman was many years ago at the annual November International Postcard Show in York, Pennsylvania. Dan had a large sign over his booth – “Classic Postcards.” His stock
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